Love Dare - Day 67

Hello my wonderful readers. The second devotion today starts with 1 Corinthians 10:24. How does your spouse feel about how you act or speak in front of them? Now I have no idea about how my spouse feels but I think my husband talks a little rough sometimes with his language. Love lifts us to a higher standard. Are you willing to find out what bothers your spouse and change it? Yes I am always willing to find out. Treat your spouse how you want to be treated by them. Pray for wisdom and grace in doing these things. 

Love Dare - Day 66

Hello my wonderful readers. Psalm 112:5 is where we start the first one today. Love give you manners. People are rude because of ignorance and selfishness. We may not realize how unpleasant we are to live with if we are self-centered. Women are better at some manners than men and visa versa. Find yourself a way to have manners, Pray about it. 

Love Dare - Day 65

Hello my wonderful readers. The second devotion today starts with 1 Peter 3:8. We act different at home than around others or in public. Love motivates you to act the same good way no matter where you are or who you are around. Politeness is one way to show your spouse you care. Let love change your behavior. The dare is to read Leviticus 19:32. What can you do for your spouse to show honor instead of rudeness? You can show them respect. 

Love Dare - Day 64

Hello my wonderful readers. Today's first devotion starts with Proverbs 27:14. No one likes rudeness from anyone. Rude acts may be nothing to the person doing it but everything to the person around them experiencing them. Love helps you to be more pleasant and not do things that you know frustrate your spouse. The dare is to contact your spouse from no reason at all but to show support during the week.

Love Dare - Day 63

Hello my wonderful readers. This devotion starts with Philippians 2:4. Wives long for their husbands to be thoughtful and husbands long for good communication from their wife. We talk harshly to each other when we get angry and can't take back things you say that are bad. Love thinks before speaking. Would your spouse say your a thoughtful person? Yes I believe he would. Do you spend a lot of time on special days to wow your spouse when some kindness will make them happy any day? Yes i'm guilty of this big time, I need to work on doing good stuff for my husband other days besides his birthday, our anniversary or Christmas.

Love Dare - Day 62

Hello my wonderful readers. Today's devotion starts with Proverbs 2:11. Men and woman are very different in how they communicate. Men say everything up from and woman hint around what they want to say. Love requires understanding between partners. Love shows us how to learn and respect how our spouse thinks. The dare is to pray for understanding of your spouse. 

Love Dare - Day 61

Hello my wonderful readers. This devotion starts with Proverbs 19:22. When your relationship is new you are all about that person, but time can fade things, especially if you have been married awhile. Thoughtlessness is the enemy in a marriage. Thoughtful acts mean the most over time to the person receiving them. Love has to mature for you to perform thoughtful acts without being prompted or for a special event. Doing thoughtful things for your spouse shows mature love. 

Love Dare - Day 60

Hello my wonderful readers. So I have been behind this week by like the whole week so I will give you two each day until I catch up. This devotion starts with Psalm 139:17-18. The devotion talks about thoughtfulness fading in your marriage. We begin to ignore needs of our mate after being married for awhile. The devotion says when your love matures you begin "to think, to plan, to consider in advance" how things will effect your mate. Loving thoughts precede loving actions. The dare is to read 2 Samuel 9:1-13 and ask yourself what can you do thoughtfully for your mate this week? This week was my husband's 30th birthday and he is sick and so is the baby, so I went to the store and bought him a birthday cake with 30 candles even though it was just me and him I sang to him and he blew out all the candles, he was really happy I think that even though we didn't have a big party he still got a cake and to blow out candles.

Love Dare - Day 59

Hello my wonderful readers. Today's devotion starts with Proverbs 21:21. The devotion says when you are not selfish you demonstrate love to your spouse and not selfishness. You need to check your priorities in your marriage. Do you want what's best for you or your spouse ultimately? Do they see you looking out for them or yourself when you do something? Surprise your spouse with selflessness love and see how they react. Sometimes it's contagious. 

Love Dare - Day 58

Hello my wonderful readers. Today's devotion starts with scripture Psalm 119:36. Today's devotion asks a question first: Why do we expect more from our spouse than ourselves? The answer is simple, because we are selfish. You make decisions out of love for your spouse or out of love for yourself. God intends us to not be selfish, especially with our spouse in our marriage. Philippians 2:3-4 says to think of your spouse and others not just yourself, that is selfish to just think of your own self and needs. 

Bouncing Baby - 4 Month Update

Hello my beautiful readers. I can't believe it but my baby girl is 4 months old! It's amazing how time flies by. We went on February 27th to the doctor for Penelope's 4 month check up. She got her second set of shots and didn't cry for too long after and had no fever, she did really good. It was harder on me than her I think. She is doing good, in the 31st percentile for her weight and the 85th for her height, overall she is in the 50th percentile which is great! She is really strong. She can just about roll over to her tummy from her back, she can however roll from her tummy to her back very easy. She can hold her head up all the way when on her tummy and scoot herself a little across her play mat so I think crawling is in our very near future. She tried rice cereal in her bed time bottle for the first time two weeks ago and did really good with it, it's not helping her sleep anymore during the night but I think she likes it. We also tried it last night with a spoon from a bowl and she was not having that so maybe we will try that again later. She wakes up around midnight and then around 3am-4am on a good night. She is pretty good during the day and around 4pm she starts fussing until about 6:15pm, we don't know why and the doctor says some babies just do that with no reason. But overall she is just getting so big so fast and cute as ever.

As for me, I have been feeling ok, a little lonely at times when everyone you talk to all day can't talk back haha. I started going back to my moms group at church and had to put Penelope in the nursery for the first time. It was the first time someone else besides me or Aaron have had her alone. I was a bit nervous to leave her but felt better for future times since she was so good. I am for the most part now getting to brush my teeth and hair everyday so that's good. Me and Aaron are getting to have some alone time recently too which is good for us and our marriage. 

Hope you enjoy our little one as much as we have. Lots of love until the 6 month update. 

Love Dare - Day 57

Hello my wonderful readers. Today's devotion starts with Philippians 2:3. Today's devotion starts out by talking about the culture and world we live in. Our world now is all about me, me, me and not about others and their needs. This thinking is dangerous in general in the world but in a marriage it is even worse. Love and selfishness are opposites, and thinking of yourself is selfish. Remember when your dealing with your spouse that they have to live with a selfish person too, so show them some love. The dare this time is to buy something nice for your spouse to just say "I'm thinking of you."

Love Dare - Day 56

Hello my wonderful readers. Today's devotion starts with scripture Romans 12:10. Today's scripture is on real love. Real love is saying no to your wants and yes to your spouse's needs. You should always put your spouse's needs first. Complaining about your spouse's needs is selfish just like putting yourself first. True love says yes! What habit of yours is selfish? My really bad habit is nagging my husband right when he gets home from work. How would it be if you didn't do this? I would have a happier marriage for sure, I am working on not doing this everyday. 

Love Dare - Day 55

Hello my wonderful readers. Today's devotion starts with 1 John 3:18. Today's devotion talks about God's love. The scripture mentioned next is 1 John 4:8 saying "God is love." He proves His love in Romans 5:8. He gave His only son for our sins. The next scripture mentioned is 1 John 4:9. Love toward your spouse should be shown not hidden as mentioned in Proverbs 27:5. Pray your thoughts, feelings and words be as kind as Jesus. 

Love Dare - Day 54

Hello my wonderful readers. Today's devotion starts with scripture Titus 3:4-5. The devotion today is on kindness. The life of Jesus was a model of kindness. He still loves us despite all of our sins. Luke 6:35 is mentioned in this devotion. Is God reflected in your kindness on an everyday basis? Today's dare demonstrate acts of kindness for your spouse. 

Love Dare - Day 53

Hello my wonderful readers. Today's devotion starts with Romans 2:4 and talks about God's kindness for us. God's loving kindness lets us enjoy life instead of hating it. Romans 2:3-6 points this out. Why doesn't He strike us down every time we sin? Why does He let us get to heaven through His son? The answer is simple, His loving kindness. Ephesians 2:1-9 talks about how salvation is freely given to us by the father so we can all be saved through the son, Jesus. I thank Him everyday that this is possible and that He is so kind to us sinner because I would not be in a good place if He wasn't because I am only human. So thank you Father for being so kind.  

Love Dare - Day 52

Hello my wonderful readers. Today's devotion starts with Colossians 3:12. It talks about out of kindness how you should take the first step to show it. Kindness takes the first step. My favorite quote out of the devotion today was: "The kind husband or wife will be the one who greets first, smiles first, serves first and forgives first." Jesus talks of kindness in Luke 10, the story of the Good Samaritan. When acting out of kindness you meet the need first without expecting someone else to act first and then respond. 

Love Dare - Day 51

Hello there my wonderful readers. Today's devotion about kindness starts with 1 Timothy 6:18. Kindness keeps you from being stubborn. Kindness helps you to compromise with others, especially your spouse. Kindness helps you and your spouse to not just get your own way all the time. Our willingness to listen and share with others and especially our spouse opens our hearts to peace and love. Read 2 Chronicles 10:6-11, 18-19 and ask yourself how should you treat others around you?

Love Dare - Day 50

Hello my wonderful readers. Today is day 50!! Can you believe it! Today's devotion starts with Proverbs 11:17. Today's devotion talks about kindness. Kindness is doing what's needed in the moment for someone. Example of this would be a wife serving her husband or a husband meeting the needs of his wife. Didn't you and your spouse marry each other for the kindness in each of you? Through the years the kindness can dwindle but the joy in your marriage is linked to your daily level of kindness to your spouse. The dare for the week is to find ways to show kindness to your spouse. 

Love Dare - Day 49

Hello my wonderful readers. Today's devotion starts with scripture Proverbs 3:3-4. The devotion talks about how kind people attract others easier. Kindness honors others with gentleness and respect. You should always be kind when saying something to your spouse. Always try to speak in gentleness to everyone. Kindness helps the truth be seen by all. The prayer at the end of the devotion is the best one yet: "Heavenly Father, help me to walk in kindness and truth. Give me the foresight to hold my tongue until I can filter my words through the standards of honesty and love. In Jesus' name, Amen."

Love Dare - Day 48

Hello my wonderful readers. Today's devotion starts with Ephesians 4:32. Today's devotion talks about how love reacts with patience and kindness. My favorite quote from the devotion is "patience avoids a problem; kindness creates a blessing." I think this is so true for marriage especially. Kindness makes you pleasant to be around to others. Are you the person to show kindness first in your marriage? I am not usually the first to show kindness in our marriage unfortunately and that is something I need to pray about and work on doing better at. How would your marriage be if you lived by Ephesians 4:32? 

Love Dare - Day 47

Hello my fabulous readers. The devotion starts with Ephesians 4:26. It talks about anger finding more ways to do bad than good in your life. Anger can cause us to sin if we let it. Anger in marriage causes so many problems. Imagine your marriage without any anger or anything caused by anger, looks amazing doesn't it, I know mine would. When you don't let anger make you sin, joy and peace can come to your marriage.

Love Dare - Day 46

Hello my wonderful readers. The devotion starts with Luke 9:23. The devotion says if we blame anyone else for our anger we are selfish. Keep your individual tastes out of your marriage, try to find something in middle with your spouse. If you head into a situation in your marriage where there might be an argument keep your anger out of it and respond in love. Luke 9:23-27 is mentioned at this time. What is the call to personal sacrifice Jesus asks you in those verses? Take up your cross and walk with me every day. What are the long term consequences? If you are ashamed of Him, He will be of you.